German auction house cancels sale of Holocaust artefacts after outcry

Survivors group had called on firm Felzmann to ‘show some basic decency’ and halt ‘cynical and shameless’ event

Poland’s foreign minister said on Sunday that an “offensive” auction of Holocaust artefacts in Germany has been cancelled, relaying information from his German counterpart, after complaints from Holocaust survivors.

Radosław Sikorski made the comments on X, saying he and German foreign minister Johann Wadephul “agreed that such a scandal must be prevented”.

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Iran’s Water Crisis: When Drought Hits Harder Than Sanctions and Bombs – Forbes

  1. Iran’s Water Crisis: When Drought Hits Harder Than Sanctions and Bombs  Forbes
  2. Opinion | Hatred of Israel Caused Iran’s Water Crisis  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Iran water crisis: Taps run dry as Tehran evacuation looms  NBC News
  4. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain during worst drought in decades  BBC
  5. Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up  The Guardian
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New York Jets player Kris Boyd in critical condition after being shot in abdomen

  • 29-year-old was shot after incident in Midtown

  • Police say dispute outside restaurant turned violent

New York Jets player Kris Boyd is hospitalized in critical situation after being shot in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The NYPD said the 29-year-old was shot in the abdomen around 2am on West 38th Street in Midtown. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition.

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Iran says it could rejoin US nuclear talks if treated with ‘dignity and respect’

Iran’s foreign minister says it has had requests to reopen negotiations, which collapsed after nuclear site bombings

Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is treated with “dignity and respect”, Iran’s foreign minister has told the Guardian.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have any undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

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Five people killed and three injured in car crash in County Louth, Ireland

Gardaí appeal for witnesses and Simon Harris pays tribute to first responders after two-vehicle collision on Saturday

Ireland is in mourning after a road crash killed five people in their early 20s and left three other people injured.

The two-vehicle collision happened at about 9pm on Saturday on a road near Dundalk in County Louth.

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Red Fort explosion: Man arrested over deadly Delhi car bomb blast – BBC

  1. Red Fort explosion: Man arrested over deadly Delhi car bomb blast  BBC
  2. India arrests Kashmir resident in connection with deadly Red Fort bomb attack  CNN
  3. Anti-Terror Agency NIA Arrests Delhi Suicide Bomber's Accomplice  NDTV
  4. India arrests suspect in New Delhi car blast that killed 10  abcnews.go.com
  5. India Arrests Suspected Accomplice in New Delhi Suicide Bombing  Bloomberg.com
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Ukraine working on prisoner exchange with Russia, Zelenskyy says – politico.eu

  1. Ukraine working on prisoner exchange with Russia, Zelenskyy says  politico.eu
  2. Ukraine aims to restart prisoner exchanges with Russia, says Zelenskyy  Euronews.com
  3. Zelenskyy says Ukraine working on new prisoner exchange with Russia  Al Jazeera
  4. Ukraine seeking exchange of 1,200 prisoners with Russia  Reuters
  5. Kyiv, Moscow reach deal on prisoner exchange to free 1,200 Ukrainians  The Kyiv Independent
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Netanyahu breaks silence on burgeoning settler violence, vows ‘forceful action’ – The Times of Israel

  1. Netanyahu breaks silence on burgeoning settler violence, vows ‘forceful action’  The Times of Israel
  2. A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy  The New York Times
  3. Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel  BBC
  4. Israeli settlers torch mosque and spray graffiti in latest West Bank attack  CNN
  5. Israeli Settlers Burn Mosque as West Bank Violence Escalates  The Wall Street Journal
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump’s remarks hurtful but hopes they can make up

Congresswoman, a longtime Trump ally, pushes back on president’s remarks labeling her a traitor and a lunatic

Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday called Donald Trump’s remarks labeling her a traitor and a lunatic “hurtful” but said she hopes she and the US president can “make up”, despite stark differences over policy and the release of documents about Jeffrey Epstein.

Greene, a longtime ally and fierce defender of Trump and the “Make America great again” (Maga) base, pushed back against his name-calling in her first interview since Trump withdrew his support for her on Friday.

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